UPDATED: ALAMEDA FIRE CHIEF ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
1, September 2, 2010 – 10:43 am | 8 Comments

Updated 1:23 p.m. Thursday, September 2
Alameda Fire Chief David Kapler has been placed on administrative leave following revelations he used the city’s gas pumps to fuel his personal vehicles and that he had faced similar …

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Manager lays out fresh Point planning process
1, September 2, 2010 – 4:50 am | 8 Comments
Manager lays out fresh Point planning process

Interim City Manager Ann Marie Gallant laid out parameters for a fresh Alameda Point planning process Wednesday night that could have city leaders making some major decisions about who will redevelop the former Navy base …

Second Alameda Point community meeting is tonight
1, August 26, 2010 – 4:45 am | 4 Comments
Second Alameda Point community meeting is tonight

A group of local residents is hosting the second in a series of meetings on the future of Alameda Point from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Auctions By the Bay Theater, 2700 Saratoga …

UPDATED: SUNCAL SUES CITY
1, August 5, 2010 – 7:55 am | 29 Comments
UPDATED: SUNCAL SUES CITY

Updated at 10:35 a.m. Thursday, August 5
SunCal Companies is suing the city in an effort to be reinstated as developer for Alameda Point.
In a 26-page complaint filed Wednesday in a federal court in Santa Ana, …

ALAMEDA POINT: The road ahead
1, August 4, 2010 – 4:50 am | 7 Comments
ALAMEDA POINT: The road ahead

The City Council’s decision to effectively fire SunCal as developer for Alameda Point leaves a big question: What next? Will the city try to hire a new developer, or go it on their own? Or …

ALAMEDA POINT: ‘Their arrogance is exceeded only by their arrogance’
1, August 3, 2010 – 5:00 am | 7 Comments
ALAMEDA POINT: ‘Their arrogance is exceeded only by their arrogance’

By Michele Ellson and Zusha Elinson
Even the most fervent supporters of SunCal Companies’ proposal to turn Alameda’s rotting former Naval Air Station into a new, mixed-use community admit that the company was its own worst …

Navy denies SunCal lawyer’s letter claim
1, August 3, 2010 – 4:50 am | 2 Comments
Navy denies SunCal lawyer’s letter claim

By Zusha Elinson
The Navy bristled last week at SunCal’s claim that it was set to back the developer in its quest to extend its exclusive negotiating agreement with Alameda.
SunCal went to the Navy in June, …

ALAMEDA POINT: Accusations fly as SunCal exits
1, August 2, 2010 – 5:00 am | 8 Comments
ALAMEDA POINT: Accusations fly as SunCal exits

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Bay Citizen and ran in The New York Times. Zusha Elinson can be reached at zelinson@baycitizen.org; Michele Ellson is at michele@theislandofalameda.com. Additional stories detailing the implosion …

Alameda City Council: The agenda
1, July 27, 2010 – 5:00 am | 7 Comments
Alameda City Council: The agenda

The City Council is getting set to take its customary August recess – but not before holding a special meeting tonight to discuss a dizzying array of business. We’ve already talked about Councilman Frank Matarrese’s …

ALAMEDA POINT: Where do we go from here?
1, July 26, 2010 – 5:00 am | 20 Comments
ALAMEDA POINT: Where do we go from here?

Last Tuesday, the Alameda City Council voted to effectively fire SunCal as master developer for Alameda Point. So where do we go from here?
City Councilman Frank Matarrese is asking his dais-mates on Tuesday to consider …

Company that owns North Face, other brands coming to Alameda
1, July 26, 2010 – 4:50 am | 3 Comments
Company that owns North Face, other brands coming to Alameda

City leaders will consider plans to allow VF Outdoor – which owns The North Face, Jansport, Lucy and and an array of other brands – to build new corporate headquarters on Harbor Bay Parkway. The …

COUNCIL BIDS SUNCAL ADIEU ON 4-0 VOTE
1, July 21, 2010 – 5:00 am | 10 Comments
COUNCIL BIDS SUNCAL ADIEU ON 4-0 VOTE

Early this morning, the City Council voted to deny SunCal’s development proposal for Alameda Point on a 4-0 vote, effectively sending the developer packing an hour after the expiration of their three-year exclusive agreement to …